---
title: "Weather-Disruption-Risk index at a point or airport (Sugra derived)"
method: GET
path: "/api/v2/transport/disruption-risk"
tags: ["Transportation"]
---

# Weather-Disruption-Risk index at a point or airport (Sugra derived)

`GET /api/v2/transport/disruption-risk`

Conditions-based Weather-Disruption-Risk index (0-100 with a band) for any coordinate worldwide or any reporting airport, computed by Sugra from sovereign weather, aviation, wave and hazard surfaces. Glass-box: every factor returns its own sub-score, the dominant driver is named, and the full published threshold set is echoed so the number can be reproduced. This is NOT a delay probability - it scores how hostile the observed environment is to transport operations, and models no airline, air-traffic-control, mechanical or staffing cause.

## Query parameters

- `lat` number, nullable — Latitude, decimal degrees.
- `lon` number, nullable — Longitude, decimal degrees.
- `airport` string, nullable — ICAO or IATA airport code to score instead of a coordinate, e.g. KJFK or JFK.

## Response `200`

Successful Response

- EnvelopeDisruptionRiskFeed
  - `data` DisruptionRiskFeed, required
    - `location` DisruptionLocation, required
      - `requested` DisruptionRequestedLocation, required
        - `lat` number, nullable
        - `lon` number, nullable
        - `airport` string, nullable
      - `resolved` DisruptionResolvedLocation, required
        - `lat` number, required
        - `lon` number, required — Longitude normalized to [-180, 180).
        - `method` string, required — How the coordinate was resolved: coordinates | airport_metar | airport_catalog.
        - `airport` DisruptionAirport
          - `code` string, required — The airport code as resolved, upper-cased.
          - `name` string, nullable — Airport name; null when the code was matched against a current report.
          - `source` string, required — Where the coordinate came from: noaa-awc-metar | ourairports.
      - `tile` string, required — The 10-degree spine tile that covers the coordinate.
    - `index` number, required — Weather-Disruption-Risk index, 0-100.
    - `band` string, required — low | moderate | high | severe.
    - `dominant_driver` string, required — The factor that set the floor of the index.
    - `components_used` string[] — Factors that could be evaluated, sorted.
    - `components_count` integer, required
    - `factors` DisruptionFactors, required
      - `flight_category` FlightCategoryFactor
        - `score` number, required — Factor sub-score, 0-100.
        - `category` string, required — NOAA flight category: VFR | MVFR | IFR | LIFR.
        - `derivation` string, required — noaa-awc when the category was reported by the source, sugra-computed when Sugra derived it from ceiling and visibility.
        - `station` string, nullable — Reporting station the category came from.
        - `distance_km` number, nullable — Great-circle distance to that station.
        - `observed_at` string, nullable
        - `visibility_mi` string, nullable — Reported visibility, statute miles (a string).
        - `ceiling_ft` integer, nullable — Lowest broken/overcast base, feet AGL.
      - `wind` WindFactor
        - `score` number, required
        - `wind_speed_kt` number, required — Sustained 10 m wind, knots.
        - `wind_speed_ms` number, required — The same wind in the spine's native metres per second.
        - `cycle` string, nullable — Spine cycle the wind was sampled from.
      - `gust` GustFactor
        - `score` number, required
        - `wind_gust_kt` number, required — 10 m wind gust, knots.
        - `gust_spread_kt` number, nullable — Gust minus sustained wind, knots; drives the spread bonus.
      - `precipitation` PrecipitationFactor
        - `score` number, required
        - `rate_mm_h` number, nullable — Precipitation rate, millimetres per hour.
        - `observed_at` string, nullable
      - `convection` ConvectionFactor
        - `score` number, required
        - `advisory` ConvectiveAdvisoryRef
          - `advisory_type` string, nullable
          - `hazard` string, nullable
          - `valid_from` string, nullable
          - `valid_to` string, nullable
          - `distance_km` number, nullable — 0 when the point falls inside the advisory polygon; otherwise the distance to the advisory centroid.
        - `lightning_flashes` integer, nullable — Flashes inside the lightning radius; null outside the lightning field of view or when the feed was unreadable.
        - `lightning_radius_km` number, required
      - `wave` WaveFactor
        - `score` number, required
        - `wave_height_m` number, nullable — Significant height of combined wind waves and swell, metres.
        - `wave_period_s` number, nullable — Primary wave mean period, seconds.
      - `hazard_overlay` HazardOverlayFactor
        - `score` number, required — Highest decayed hazard score at the point.
        - `events` HazardOverlayEvent[] — Only events that scored above zero, worst first.
          - `event_type` string, required
          - `event_id` string, nullable
          - `place` string, nullable
          - `severity` string, nullable — CAP severity carried by the event.
          - `distance_km` number, required
          - `influence_radius_km` number, required — Scoring influence radius for this event type. NOT an official warning area.
          - `score` number, required — Severity base after linear distance decay.
        - `feeds_read` integer, required — Hazard feeds that were readable for this response.
        - `feeds_total` integer, required
    - `unavailable_factors` object — Factor name to the reason it could not be evaluated. An absent factor is excluded from the combination, never scored as zero.
    - `thresholds` object — The complete published threshold set and combination formula, echoed so the index can be reproduced from the same inputs.
    - `methodology` string, required
    - `attribution` DisruptionAttribution, required
      - `attribution` DisruptionAttributionEntry[] — The Sugra-derived entry first (no sovereign shield), then every base source that actually contributed to this point.
        - `registry_key` string, required
        - `source_name` string, required
        - `licence` string, nullable
        - `citation` string, nullable — Modified-form citation; absent on the Sugra-derived entry itself.
        - `disclaimer` string, required
      - `effective_reexport` string, required — Most-restrictive re-export verdict across the contributing bases.
    - `disclaimer` string, required
  - `meta` SugraMeta, required — Metadata attached to every /api/v1/* response envelope.
    - `endpoint` string, required — Requested endpoint path.
    - `data_time` string, required — ISO 8601 UTC timestamp of the source data, not of the request.
    - `response_time` string, required — ISO 8601 UTC timestamp when this response was produced.
    - `provider` string, required — API name and version.
    - `source` string, nullable — Identifier of the primary upstream source used for this response.
    - `attribution` string, nullable — Human-readable attribution mandated by an upstream source (e.g. a securities regulator or self-regulatory organization). Present only on responses whose source requires the owner and source to be clearly identified. Do not remove or alter it when using the response.
    - `fallback_used` boolean, nullable — True when the primary source failed and a fallback produced the data.
    - `fallback_chain` string[], nullable — Ordered list of sources attempted, in the order they were tried.
    - `cached` boolean, nullable — True when this response was served from the internal cache.
    - `stale` boolean, nullable — True when the cached response was returned after the upstream rate-limited or errored. Clients can use this to detect degraded data.

## Other responses

- `401` — Missing or invalid `x-api-key` header.
- `422` — Validation Error
- `429` — Daily rate limit exceeded. Check `X-RateLimit-Reset` for the next window.
- `503` — Upstream source is temporarily unavailable. Retry after a short delay.

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